Bridle-bit.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

0. H. FALLS.

BRIDLE BIT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1905.

CHARLES H. FALLS, OFCLARKSVILLE, IOWA.

BRlDLE -BlT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed July 29, 1905. Serial No. 271,757.

- To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. FALLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clarksville, in the county of Butler and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in bridle-bits; and the object in view is to provide a bit which will be simple and light in construction, yet durable and strong, and so constructed that an animal may be driven by its use and controlled with as little irritation to its mouth as possible.

The invention consists in various details of construction and in. combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention for ordinary use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the parts as arranged as a curbbit. Fi 3 is an enlarged detail perspective of one of the rein levers and plugs with integral saddle thereon. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the snaflEles. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing one of the rein levers or loops removed from the end of the bit and illustrating the recess in the hollow bit for the reception of the plug and saddle; and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through the bit. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the split plug. Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the p ug held to the bit.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a bit, preferably hollow, and at the ends of the bit are formed integral snaffles B, the ends of which are formed into rings B. Each end of the bit has an offset or recessed portion 0, (shown clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings,) and the hollow shank portion of the bit and also the walls of said recessed portion are slightly inclined, as shown in the sectional view, longitudinally through the bit and plug.

D designates a split plug which is made of resilient material and has two shank portions D and D, which are flat upon their inner faces, and their outer faces are conveXed and tapering or wedge-shaped, so that they will fit snugly in the ends of the bit. A portion of the plug is so constructed as to form an elongated eye E for the reception of a rein lever or loop F, and projecting from one side of said eye is a saddle H, having a recess H in the end thereof for the reception of one side of the rein lever or loop F when the device is adjusted as a curb-bit. dle are slightly tapering in order to form a more secure frictional contact with the inclined walls of the recess which is formed in the end of the bit. Said rein lever or loop is provided with a series of cross-bars (designated in the drawings, respectively, by the letters I, I, and I for the purpose of forming means to which the ends of a jaw-strap K may be fastened to hold the bit at right angles with the longitudinal center of the animals mouth or at an angle thereto which may be desired in order to equalize the pressure of the bit upon the mouth of. the animal.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the rein lever or loop has a free oscillating movement in whatever position the parts are The walls of the sadarranged and that the rings B are rigid, be-

ing made as an integral part of the bit with rounded shoulder portions intermediate the snaflies and bit, and as any tension comes upon the rein lever or loop when the bit is placed in the mouth and bridle-straps attached to the rings B there is comparatively little friction upon the animals mouth, it making no difference in what direction the rein levers or loops may move, the latter at all times oscillating and performing their true function.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be noted that the jaw-strap is attached to the bars I for the purpose of balancing the bit in the ,mouth of the animal, so that it will bear with equal pressure upon the opposite marginal edges of the mouth under the tension of the rein-loops; but by removing one end of the j aw-strap and fastening it to one of the inner bars I or I the bit will pull in a diagonal position in the mouth of the animal if it is desired to adjust it in such a position in the event of the animal pulling unevenly upon opposite sides of its mouth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bit, having integral snaflles terminat- IIO tively, in the hollow ends of said bit and re cesses in the ends of the bit, and rein-loops engaging said eyes formed in said plugs, and adapted to seat in said saddles, as set forth.

3. A bit, having integral snafl'les with eyes in the ends thereof, split plugs, having their outer faces tapering and adapted to frictionally engage the inclined walls in the ends of said bit, an integral saddle upon each plug, each saddle having a concaved part, forming a seat, the edge of said saddle adapted to engage in a recess formed at right angles in the bit to the length thereof, rein-loops engaging elongated eyes formed in said plugs, and a jaw-strap connecting said loops, as set forth. 4. A bit, having integral snaflies with eyes in the ends thereof, split plugs, having their outer faces tapering and adapted to frictionally engage the inclined walls in the ends of said bit, an integral saddle upon each plug, each saddle having a concaved part, forming a seat, the inner edge of each saddle having its opposite walls inclined and designed to engage the tapering walls of recesses in the ends of the bit, and rein-loops engaging eyes formed in said plugs, as set forth.

5. A bit, having integral snaffles and eyes at the ends thereof, split plugs engaging in the ends of said bit, and provided each with a saddle held in a recess formed at right angles to the length of the bit, rein-loops engaging eyes in said plugs and having cross-bars to which a jaw-strap is adapted to be fastened, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. FALLS.

Witnesses:

O. G. BURLING, E. M. PREDMORE. 

